. we are live in mt. diablo where a tree comes crashing down on a million dollar home, we will show you the damage. president barack obama will speak from the white house in just a few hours, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news.

. well, good morning, thank you for waking up to a brand- new day with us, how is the weather, steve? we are going to get a lot of cold air and it is still on the way, it is in advance of the system and it is going to be a very cold day, upper 40s and 50s and a possibility of thunderstorms, here is sal. good morning, traffic is going to be slow in some areas and the weather will play a role, you can see traffic is busy and also this morning we are looking at 880 westbound and traffic is moving along nicely. let's go back to the desk. as steve mentioned, it could create a rainy commute for many of you, alex savage is covering the dramatic change in weather following a very nice three-day weekend, alex?

>> reporter: it really was, it was a beautiful comfortable three-day weekend in the bay area and it is a true weather system that has moved into the bay area right now. as you can see the rain has sort of tapered off and let me show you what it looks like. we are here on highway 101 in petaluma at the highway exit and this is what it looks like, just about an hour or so ago. drivers need to be prepared if this system moves across. give yourself extra time to get across. the roads will be wet and some areas could expect up to a half inch of rain by the time it is all said and done today. this is exactly what they are waiting for since it is a dry january especially down in the south bay, they need the rain the most. santa clara is 50% full right now. it is good news, more rain is expected to start coming down

and of course it will remain chilly and it is the type of weather where you need to bundle up. we will remain here keeping an eye on the commute condition and again the rain has stopped falling but of course we will stop more of it from coming down and we will let you know when more rain begins to fall out here. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> when there is rain there is usually snow, we want to show you what it looks like in the sierra this morning. it is sarasota springs where it has been snowing off and on making travel pretty dangerous at times and up to 10 inches of snow is expected to fall. coming up we will check back with sal and steve to see if there are any problems on the roads and where the snow and

rain is right now. tara moriarty is live in mt. diablo where a huge tree fell on a million dollar home even before the storm hit. >> reporter: that's right, and a service crew will come up here and try to remove the rest of the tree and you can see it is right on the top of a house and also damaged an suv as well as the golf cart. >> reporter: around lunchtime the person to heard a massive crack and a tree five feet in diameter fell on the family's home. the largest branches fell feet from the kitchen where wendy was standing. >> my roof fell in next to me and i froze. i thought is the rest of the house going to come down on me.

>> reporter: now windy and her husband and the couple's daughter made it out, but the home has been red stagged. firefighters were still worried the roof would collapse so they covered it with tarps to keep the rain out as well. he was so being whod that he had taken steps to avoid something like this. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in hayward want to know if there is anything suspicious about the death of a woman who was found near the food store on industrial parkway. it is not clear if she died of natural causes or if there was anything suspicious. they are heading off the white house to kickoff spending cuts march 1st. they will appear with the white

house for those who could lose jobs if spending cuts go into effect and they will have a debt reduction plan with higher plans and they are expecting a plan with spending cuts. they are more than 100 companies seeking chinese military and coming up, how china is responding to that accusation. also this morning, olympic athlete oscar pistorius said he killed his girlfriend but not on purpose. oscar pistorius said he shot his girlfriend thinking he was a robber and they charged oscar pistorius with murder after he shot his girlfriend four times through a bathroom door. in statements read by his lawyer he describes in detail what he says happened. he felt extremely vulnerable

without his legs and shot at the bathroom door. he used a cricket bat to break down the door and funeral services for reeva steenkamp are being held today. it could cause him to lose his london para olympic medals and they found steroids inside his home. they say his metals could be taken away if it is discovered he was taking steroids before or during the olympic games. they will reduce gun violence in the area and gun owners could get up to $300 in cash in exchange for each weapon turned in. the kind of money will depend on firearms. no personal information will take place 2:00 in the

afternoon at palo alto city hall. a major announcement is expected about the plans of the san francisco giants to develop a waterfront urban village. it includes plans to build apartments, shops, restaurants and offices right along pier 38. it will create thousands of jobs but it still needs the approval of the port commission. mayor ed lee is expected to talk about this at a news conference at 10:00 a.m. matt cain will kickoff the new season by facing clinton kershaw. cain led them to a world series for the giants and the opening day ends four straight seasons where tim tim lincecum opened

for the giant and he had a rough season including the postseason. >> it seems like we just had the world series. >> baseball is just around the corner. >> i know sal is keeping an eye on the roads because some are wet. yes, so far we have been okay and i don't want to be a pest mist but i -- pessimist but i'll say, we have more than the usual number of crashes so please give yourself extra time. 880 still looking try and westbound, traffic is moving along nicely headed out to the maze. and on the dumbarton, traffic is continuing and i am sounding more and more like barry white. >> i sounded like that last

week. you only have four hours to go. >> i know. make sure we are all on the same page, it is all up here and there is already winter weather advisories and it starts at 10:00 a.m. goes to 3:00 for snow into lake county although i just heard from kirk who said no snow yet, that will set it from top too to bottom. some areas are beginning to move into parts of the north bay, san rafael, marin, just poised to move on shore in san francisco and this is really light stuff in advance of it, 50s with a little breeze might keep some of these temperatures up but things are beginning to fill in and i expect the rain to start in the morning and pick up in the afternoon and once it comes over us, not only

can we get some snow but also thunderstorms, so mostly cloudy, 10:00 a.m. and after that, it is mainly going ting cold and breezy and we will not be warm around here for a while. thank you steve. we will be tracking this new storm all day and you can take our storm coverage with you on your smart phone and that includes interactive radar and you can receive weather alerts by signing up for mobile.com. the hour of cable television announces a network expansion here in the u.s. and we will tell you how network television fits into al

jazeer's plans. good morning, northbound 101 san francisco that traffic looks good approaching the 880 split, we will tell you more about the morning commute.

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are now learning san francisco will be one of eight cities where al jazeer america will have headquarters. the focus of al jazeer's programming will be international news. the shooting in the newtown connecticut massacre was trying top a shooting in norway. the gunman saw himself competing with the norway shooter who killed 77 people and they called that speculation. he killed 20 children and 6 adults back in september and a final report is expected on that new this summer. a virus may spread here to the u.s. and know cases of this virus have been reported in the middle east and it was also detected in the united kingdom.

it includes respiratory symptoms and can lead to kidney failure. as kyla campbell reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, a new report says these attacks have been years in the making... >> reporter: pam, this is part of a 60 page report released from that security firm which says they are behind 115 attacks targeted at u.s. organizations over the last six years. they claim the military group hacked into computers and stole elect wall properties and manufactured processes. they tee that i had these charges and insisted china had been victims of the attacks

including some at the hands of the u.s. >> based on premature analysis and accusations is unprofessional. >> reporter: this comes after president barack obama outlined an executive order in his state of the union address aimed at presenting cyber attacks, and details on his plans when i see you next, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 morning news. a top he had door for a -- editor for a new york times is now publicly responding. they recently blasted the all electric car after taking it for a long test drive. he quickly ran out of power forcing him to call a tow truck. they later questioned him after reading hundreds of angry e- mails from hispanics. she believes the reporter took the test drive in good faith and told of the experience but

did he use good judgment along the way, not especially. the coast guard is still investigating the details about that fire which caused an engine fire on board triumph and they say the fire was started intentionally and it looks like there is an oil like to plain. they are looking into why the damage was so bad and the inspects is about to work it through. the city adopted the ban last fall banning motor homes and other vehicles from certain areas. enforcement is now expected to begin in may, two months later than expected. the delay is due to concerns the ban could force more homeless people out on to the streets. and city staff is working to provide more shelters and beds.

5:17, -- 5:18 no problem, there could be some fender benders. >> we are starting there because it is a little bit wet weather and just a little wet people tend to get into more crashes so give yourself some extra time, we are off to a good start, this is interstate 880, you are doing well. by the we that is a pretty good start. i wish we can get more rain today. it is a cold system front and center and we are just getting some light rain out ahead of it, colder with rain and possibility of thunder showers and also very low snow levels as this system tracks right over us. in fact there is a winter

weather advisory over the bay area mountains until 3:00 so it goes from lake county all the way down and much colder temperatures in fact we have gone to 70 degrees on the high and we are beginning to thicken up here and also it is turning from a mixed precipitation in mendocino, it is probably a good bet they will get some snow up into lake county and this is a cold system. we had some snow over in novato and this is a weak band in advance and the main core does not arrive until later on. you can see towards certain areas, it has picked up sneer santa rosa so -- picked up near santa rosa, it is picking up and high temperatures will struggle. this system is coming in late morning early afternoon and

once we get some of that cold air and the dynamics in advance, the problem is there is no moisture behind it so it will be today and that's it but it's on its way and we have a ways to go so it is making a track towards us. mostly cloudy, low snow levels, 40s and 50s on the temperatures and not much change through tomorrow and we to look breezy at the end of the weekend. marcus and asia were mixed losing mother than 1% and south korea finished with modest gains. checking in on our numbers, markets were closed for president's day and we are getting a new read and it does

look like a decent opening, it is slightly higher for the s&p 500 and nasdaq and dow jones industrial average and we will watch it closer as we get to the opening bell. they are alleging insider trading despite an account being at the heart of the matter. heinz traded on insider information that the company would be sold and it was used to gain more than $1.1 million. controversy involving men's basketball coach at cal, they are now weighing in on that court side show. some whale watchers have more with an affectionate young calf in california, we will have more on that stay tuned.

. all right, check this out, a friendly whale calf swam up to a whale watching boat and did it on its own. they went to the whale watching safari and they were able to pet the whale and take some good close-up shots. back here in a few hours, the city will be recruiting police officers for its

potential police force. oral board paddles are made up of police officers and a city employee and they will grill the officer candidates to see if they have the right fit for the police department and it is a key part of the interviewing process. in cal, they had more to say about that controversial court side incident. he said he let his emotions get the best of him when he shoved the man. they reprimanded the coach and leyland said that punishment does not go far enough. he wants a suspension. >> shoving and pushing a student is not something any teacher should be doing and if this were a regular classroom, i will tell you that the professor or the teacher would be suspended.

>> montgomery shoved him during a time out against usc and he said he was angry because he felt a star player was not giving it his all. he issued a formal apology. this is very important because we have some wet rain and some wet roads. you are very important this morning. >> well, i am not important every morning? >> yes but... >> but the rain has not hit in earnest yet and when it does it will get worse and we will have expanded traffic coverage to help you get to work. it does look good on the sunole grade so far and we will have frequent traffic and weather updates, my weather brother steve. >> thank you, sal. we have some light rain and

most of this is coming in as it is still up off the coast moverring into mendocino and there has been some light rain in advance of it. we have a couple of advisories and thunderstorms and we will get to that in about five minutes. a plan to take down internet cafes in hayward, what the city claims these restaurants are a cover for? we will explain. they are investigating a fatality on the railroad tracks, we will tell you what the crew saw just moments before it happened. and the north bay is already seeing showers, stay right here with ktvu channel 2 morning news for all of your storm watch coverage. t whatever you want, baby.

let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? she's beautiful smart and sensible. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's extra value menu. the simple joy of having more to love. ♪ . well, good morning to you it is use it february 19th, i am dave clark. >> good morning, i am pam cook, steve is talking about where the rain is today. it is a very cold dynamic system low snow levels around the bay area mountains until 3:00 in the afternoon and this rain is moving south and some of that rain we are picking up in san francisco, moving towards richmond and berkeley

heights, upper 40s and 50s, here is sal. traffic is looking good on highway 4 coming to the willow pass grade as you drive through northbound traffic 280 is off to a good start, let's go back to dave and pam. it is already snowing in the sierra and in fact this is a live picture you are looking at, it has been snowing off and on since late last night. snow levels could drop as low as 1,500 feet making driving hazardous at times. up to 10 inches of snow is expected and we will bring you a live report coming from the sierra at 6:00. it is expected to be a rainy storm as the first one moves in in many weeks. it started at 4:30 a.m. while marin county reservoirs

are almost full but the east and south bays could use some rain after the third dryest january on record. >> another affect of global warming but the storm is coming and it will bring more rain and we will get more flooding and we will deal with it as we always do. >> the east bay reservoir are at 1% patty and santa clara ross varies are only -- reservoirs are only half full. santa rosa is closest to its average at 93%. at oakland airport 93% and san jose is 80 percent of normal. ktvu channel 2 news will be tracking all of this for you and you can get more information on your mobile app and that includes the interactive radar. you can also get weather alerts

by signing up for mobile www.ktvu.com. a union pacific freight train hit and killed a man last night. here is more from janine de la vega and she will tell us whether or not it will affect the morning commute. >> reporter: this fatality lasted into the overnight hours and the tracks are clear and you can see the train is on its way through here. there will be no impact to the morning commute and everything is running smoothly. everything is clearly marked as a railroad crossing and union pacific eif i can is report -- union pacific is reporting they are transporting here. they walked in front of it and he was struck and killed and transit police are investigating to try to figure out if this was an accident or

suicide. the train was carrying lumber and it is believed the only witnesses may have been the train crew. three caltrans were delayed at the scene of the investigation and the body was recovered by the coroner. the man's identity is not being released yet but back out here live, union pacific reiterates, there is even a sign here saying, there is a $271 fine when you go around the gate, i have a call into a spokesperson at union pacific and we are still waiting to hear back from him, ktvu channel 2 morning news. a man involved in a weekend boat crash has died from his injuries. 68-year-old harry holt tower was on a boat that collided with a golden gate bridge ferry

and the operator of the boat remains in the hospital and the coast guard is investigating who is at fault but they believe the speed of the boat remains to be a factor. a massive oak tree fell on a million dollar home. tara moriarty has more on the damage to this million dollar home, tara? >> reporter: the homeowner said he had the tree inspected regularly and you can imagine how shocked he was when the tree came crashing down on his home. afternoon they will have a crane remove the tree completely. they heard a massive crash on a 3 to 400-year-old heritage oak tree fell on a home near the city of alamo. the largest branches fell just

feet from the kitchen where wendy burman was standing. it was one of the largest trees and it covered a good portion of the roof. >> reporter: the multi-million dollar home was red tagged and coming up in our next half hour, we will tell you how despite their brush with death, the burmans are still maintaining their sense of humor. city leaders in the east bay community of pittsburgh they are expected to take a final vote on a medical marijuana city ban. they gave initial approval last month and the staff approved a citywide ban to help prevent robberies and burglaries and

other criminal activity and if it is approved, the ordinance will take affect. they could approve an ordinance to shut down internet cafes and they double as illegal gambling operations. three cafes have been offering three sweep steak games online. the video include poker, roulette and blackjack. letters were shutout telling them about those operations and at least one of those cafes was already closed. they have improved -- approved a 45 moratorium as they have already been lookinged at. now redwood city will consider a switch to the alternative. they have considered single use by retailers except restaurants

and none profits. -- nonprofit organizations. if approved it will take place on middle field road. time now 5:38, sal said it is already wet in san francisco. >> it is. we have a picture and we can see the freeway which is under wet weather and we have a couple of spots of wet roads so give yourself some extra time if this is your commute or if you are driving into san francisco from the east bay. it is still relatively dry and i don't see any wet weather there yet but we will talk more about it and you might consider taking public transportation, bart is doing well. also the commute looks good on the peninsular and traffic times look good from highway 92. let's go to steve. the system came in on the north coast and we have a ways

to go some rain has developed, it is light and the main core come in later. a winter weather advisory is out for the bay area mountains for snow. around 2000 feet, it takes us until 3:00 going north to south and it started already up in parts of mendocino county. you can see it is up towards eureka and what we are getting in advance of that is light and it's already juicing things up a little bit back into marin county and back to san francisco as well over to richmond, berkeley, over to the san rafael bridge and what does show up on radar is back in san francisco heading to daily city as well. it is extremely cold and it is coming right over your house and mine which means temperatures 30s and 40s and

50s, 30s in santa rosa and some of highs will only be a couple of degrees higher. colder with rain, cloudy to mostly cloudy, winter weather advisory out for this afternoon for bay area peeks and 40s to 50s on the temperatures. not much from the extremes, there could be a couple of hit and miss friday another system will move into the south and east and temperatures will remain cool. new safety concerns at uc santa cruz, a woman was raped and beaten during a daylight attack and we will have the latest on a search for a suspect. >> the white house memo about immigration and the reaction to it this morning... traffic looks good this morning, we will be back to let

you know more about the morning commute. stay tuned.

. here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following, a man walked in front of a train as it was crossing in front of churchill avenue. this morning's commute is not affected by last night's accident. a home has been red tagged after a massive oak tree crashed down on it and they are worried the home will collapse. nobody is being allowed into

that house. an the olympic track star oscar pistorius will be back in court to continue his bail hearing. the courtroom had to take several breaks into the night after oscar pistorius broke down into tears. he admitted in the hearing he shot his girlfriend but said he did it because he thought she was a robber. a former adviser said it was probably a mistake for the white house immigration plan said senior adviser said white house officials would take it back if they could. the leaked proposal was published over the weekend and the white house said it was merely a backup plan incase they were able to come up with an immigration plan of its own. they want to give back to local school districts. in his state of address he said he is against the current

practice if students don't perform well on standardized tests. they have large numbers of income and low english income students. a woman reported being raped and beaten on campus. here is a police sketch released by the suspect and the victim describes them as white between 30 and 40 years old, 5- foot 11 with black hair, green eyes and a tattoo on his bicep. she walked alone on a wooded trail which happened 12:30 in the afternoon. >> the victim did not know the assailant and it happened in the middle of the day so that is shocking for the campus and quite unusual. police on santa cruz said

patrols are holding a public forum where they will be holding a meeting on the attack and some other reason incidents. they passed four gun control measures and it limits ammunition magazines to 15 rounds and requires background checks on all purchases. it make purchasers pay for their own background checks and conceals firearms at stadiums. it now goes to the state senate. because has been formally charged -- bow wheres has -- bowers has been formally charged. he was about to board a plane and police found a 40 caliber handgun. the charge is serious enough, he could be sent to prison for 14 years and faces nfl sanctions. they are considering hiring a team to work on the city's

homeless problem. today the city will decide on a one year, or $72,000 contract with a palo alto based nonprofit to help homeless people find work and rebuild their lives. the city will also pick up track and clean up the city. tonight oakland city council is due to vote on a resolution to keep them from patrolling the city of oakland. they would pay the chp $162,000 over two months to provide 10 chp officers. the chp officers started helping the oakland police department back in november but the chp has reportedly been paying the bill. finding a donor can be especially challenging suffering from life-threatening conditions, coming up finding help for a man with a bay area man with a rare form of leukemia and how it can help

other african-americans. it is already wet in san francisco parts of the east bay and we are suggesting you add more time for your commute and let's go outside and take a look at 880 westbound and it's already heavier when most people had the day off, but today that is not the case as a matter of fact we have a line in cash lines and pretty soon they will turn on the metering lights and we will have a jam packed bay toll plaza and traffic is moving well right now and road sensor are not showing any road delays. let's go to steve. we have a system coming in slowly and it will not be here until late morning or afternoon. clouds are here and cold temperatures are beginning to settle in and the cold core low is still up here and we have a ways to go and it will move right over us later today.

also low snow levels, in fact we are seeing them drop off the tables. remember how low it was sunday, we are going to upper 40s today into tomorrow as well. already some rain is developing and we need dynamics which are associated with the lows. marin county, berkeley kensington, el cerrito back over towards oakland and san francisco as well. there is not a lot in advance of this but it is beginning to pick up in mendocino county as well. a very brisk day and mendocino has had issues with their thermometers and that's why they are not reporting. right there, you are seeing a lot of low snow levels and the winter weather advisory is taking us from low snow levels

here, cold rain upper 50s on the temperatures and it will not get much warmer. rain will decrease only about a quarter of an inch, cool breezy pattern will take us to the weekend. there are new signs on battery, they found a problem with the secondary battery problem which was forced to make an emergency landing last month. the battery has slight signs of swelling in two of the batteries 8 cells. office depot appears to be in serious talks to emerge with office max, both companies are boosting profitability. they are increasing leverage with suppliers and they are already competing with stables which is the biggest office supply company and now there is more coming in from wal-mart costco and target. they are trying to remove

their logos from cigarette packs. health department leaders say it will remove the last bit of glamour from these deadly products. they are making retailers hide packs behind the counter and the new policy replaces company logos with graphic warnings against smoking. the answer now of a tragic death of a petaluma teen new years eave. we will have more on what she was doing just before she died. a dispushing case of animal harassment and it was all caught on video. gewhatever , baby.

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. steve, we want you to see this, a new camera captured these disturbing nighttime video shots, two women harassing two pregnant seals. people come from all all over the road to see them and they were angry to find out somebody was hurting them. >> knowing they are pregnant chasing them into the water and sitting on them, it is a horror show. >> police say it is against the

law to disturb those seals in any way. people are calling on the city to increase the enforcement of that beach. we are finding out how a petaluma teen died during a music festival in south lake tahoe. alyssa burn died of hypothermia and had drugs in her system. a liza burns tested positive for methamphetamine and other psycho active drugs. a bone marrow drive will be held today for a bay area journalist suffering from an extremely rare form of leukemia. he recently renewed his vows at san francisco city hall to raise awareness for the need for african-american donors.

just 70% of african-american people are african-american donors. >> potential donors can also visit the website. young people are still struggling to find jobs. the unemployment rate for veterans was more than 20% last moneys spite help on trying to help them find work and many say it will benefit private companies. coming up, elementary school children will learn about a lunar event in oakland today. this is last year's celebration, berkeley emoryville are invited and that includes line dancers and bart is sponsoring that event and the countdown is on to our big

chinese parade in san francisco and it's considered the chinese culture outside of asia and it features floats back to the 1860s and you can watch it right here saturday, starting 6:00 p.m. if you can come out and watch it in person. be sure to wave to us. >> sal, are you waving hello to rain this morning. >> we are. steve and i have been the rain brothers, it is not quite as bad, i just found an accident that we just discovered on our chp list and northbound at whipple road, we will check it out and see how serious it is but northbound, you can see traffic is moving along well as you drive through there are no major problems but that crash is on 80 on the north ramp so not on the freeway itself. let's move along,